M macerate v. [L. macerare, to soften] To waste away; to soften or wear away. machopolyp, machozooid see dactylozooid macraner n. [Gr. makros, large; aner, male] (ARTHRO: Insecta) A male ant of unusually large form. macrergate n. [Gr. makros, large; ergate, worker] (ARTHRO: Insecta) | M macerate v. L. macerare to soften To waste away to soften or wear away. machopolyp machozooid see dactylozooid macraner n. Gr. makros large aner male ARTHRO Insecta A male ant of unusually large form. macrergate n. Gr. makros large ergate worker ARTHRO Insecta In Formicidae an unusually large worker. macrobiota n. Gr. makros large bios life Larger organisms in the soil such as insects and earthworms. see mesobiota. macrocephalic female ARTHRO Insecta In Hymenoptera a large female of Halictidae that possesses a disproportionately large head usually the egg layers of the colony. macrocercous cercaria PLATY Trematoda Cystophorous type cercaria with a long simple cylindrical tail. macrochaetae . Gr. makros large chaite hair Large bristles. see chaetotaxy. macrocilia . sing. -ium Gr. makros large L. cilium eyelash CTENO In Beroida 2 500-3 500 giant ciliary shafts interconnected and bound together on the mobile lips that function in food gathering. macrocnemes . Gr. makros large kneme lower leg CNID Anthozoa In Actinaria complete and filamented mesenteries in the first one or two cycles of simple tentacles maybe fertile or sterile and possess acontia and strong retractors. see microcnemes. macrocyte see plasmatocyte macroesthetes see megalaesthetes macroevolution n. Gr. makros large L. evolvere to unroll Evolutionary processes that extend through geologic eras large scale evolution of new species and genera due to mutations that result in marked changes in chromosomal 528 Maggenti and Gardner patterns and reaction systems. see microevolution. macrofauna n. Gr. makros large L. Faunus diety of herds and fields 1. Widely distributed from a macrohabitat. 2. Animals measured in centimeters rather than microscopic units. macrogamete n. Gr. makros large gamete wife A large quiescent female anisogamete. see microgamete. macrogametocyte n. Gr. makros large gamein to marry kytos container The infected human red blood cell that contains the female form of the malarial
